9-1-1 ended its fall finale on Thursday by revealing that Eddie
is moving to El Paso to be closer to Christopher.
No one was more disappointed than Buck, who’s still baking
his way through his breakup from Tommy, but he certainly couldn’t begrudge Eddie for missing his son. So Buck swallowed his sadness and offered to be Eddie’s real estate wingman.
Christopher’s absence has been weighing on Eddie all season, but it wasn’t until a heart-to-heart chat with Brad (of all people!) that he knew what had to be done. “Don’t let that gap between you grow another inch,” Brad urged him after explaining how he lost touch with his own son back in England. (Side note: We’d love to know which unaired CW pilot brought Brad to the States in the first place.)
Elsewhere in the fall finale, Athena solved a mystery surrounding the attack of a YouTube vigilante in a grocery store parking lot; Brad got a taste of what it means to be a hero, preventing a man from jumping to his death; and the 118 was bitten by the acting bug, with Buck & Co. getting to play doctors on Hotshots.
Below, showrunner Tim Minear answers TVLine’s burning questions about the fall finale, including Eddie’s (literal) next move and the meta reference he decided to cut from the Hotshots storyline:
TVLINE | Eddie’s FaceTime with Christopher was so sad. It’s almost like he’s not even “mad” at Eddie, he’s simply moved on. Is that sort of the vibe that we’re getting?
I think that’s definitely the vibe that we’re getting, which is what absolutely panics Eddie. Another reason that scene is so effective is because we haven’t seen a lot of Chris this season. So when you see him on that call, it’s like, “Holy cow, he’s grown up!” That’s the feeling Eddie’s having too. He’s slipping through his fingers and needs to do something. But also Christopher seems to be thriving, so does Eddie really want to yank him out of that environment? That’s what he’s wrestling with. How does he reconnect with his kid and do it in his kid’s best interest?
